and we danced

We decided to do the first dance, which ended up being reminiscent of our first date.

You see we had known each other for a couple of years before our first date but not well, we’d never spent any time alone or any real length of time face to face.
While we’ve come to know that we are incredibly similar people there is one big difference (and no not our height in this case) that seemed a big deal to me at the beginning, our ages.

Because of this I went in to our first date half wondering if this was a horrible practical joke about to backfire on him.

He came in to our first date thinking there was no way I would take him seriously.

We were both incredibly awkward, so awkward that it’s probably very surprising that we had our second date the next night, and since then have spent 1 single night apart. Neither of us liked that night apart and are quite happy that it has been the only one we’ve had apart.

So while we didn’t dance gracefully or break out into some amazing routine, I think it fit perfectly with who we are, two somewhat clumsy and occasionally awkward people who are very much in love dancing to our own tune.*

photography by James Field

*Because you know when you’re both leading it’s a bit hard to dance to someone else’s tune.

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March 11, 2010 at 9:03 pm

WestAussieWedding

Ahhh lovely!
We are both too chicken to do a dance, but it is a special moment if that is how you roll. The photos are fab.
Haha yes that is quite a height difference! How cute.
Age differences are funny, they always seem to affect outside observers much more than the actual couple.
That is unbelievable that you have only spent one night apart since you met. So romantic…
Ours is a VERY different story, but how I would love to be able to count the nights we’d spent apart.

March 12, 2010 at 5:30 pm

Lila Phoenix

We were both a bit chicken about it but we didn’t make a big deal of it either, it wasn’t announced we just put the song on snuck on to the dance floor and started dancing. I think if there was a big announcement or something I would not have been able to do it. As it was we were dancing before anyone realised what we were up to and then well we were already dancing so it wasn’t scary anymore.

Yeah I’m still surprised at how little time we spent apart I am usually someone who needs space, but I need very little space from my man.

It must be so hard esp if you were doing FIFO shifts!

March 12, 2010 at 11:50 am

Miss C